In the following letter, which appeared following the poet's death, the editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse lauds Stramm's contribution to German literature.
Dear Poetry: Too little...
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In the following excerpt from his discussion of German Expressionism, Cohen describes Stramm's poetic style as concentrated and direct.
The prime aim of Expressionism was to write powerfully...
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In the following essay, Hering provides an analysis of Stramm's poem, “Werben,” that focuses on the techniques Stramm used to write abstract poetry.
The reader of modern German...
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In the following essay, Perkins discusses Stramm's experimental manipulation of poetic language through linguistic techniques such as conversion and syntactical deformation.
August Stramm (1...
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In the following essay, Jones examines Stramm's influence on the development of the German literary journal, Der Sturm.
Du großer Künstler und liebster Freund. Du leuchtest ewi...
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In the following essay, Bridgwater traces various literary and philosophical influences on the themes, structure, and style of Stramm's poetry.
There are a few essential factors in Stramm&#x...
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In the following essay, Abrams offers a critical overview of Stramm's 1915 Du, focusing on alternatives to the standard interpretation of the volume as a collection of love poems.
Ever since...
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In the following essay, Sheppard offers a deconstructivist analysis of the works of Stramm.
Prone though it is to mystify its logical procedures and to justify that mystification by implicitly sugg...
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In the following essay, Bridgwater offers a biographical and critical assessment of Stramm's war poems.
August Stramm, a near-sighted dreamer with a sense of duty inherited from his soldier-...
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Letter by Edward J. O'Brien
